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== Trowie tunes ==
Some Shetland [[fiddle]] tunes are said to have come to human fiddlers when they heard the trows playing, and are known as "Trowie Tunes".<ref name="larrington"/><ref>{{harvp|Stewart|Moar|1951}} apud {{harvp|Shuldham-Shaw|1962|p=143}}</ref><ref name="fiddlers-companion"/> A selection is offered in the anthology ''Da Mirrie Dancers'' (1985).<ref name="cooke"/>

"Da Trøila Knowe" ('The Knoll of the Trolls') is one example.{{sfnp|Shuldham-Shaw|1962|p=143}} "Da Trowie Burn" is also an alleged trowie tune, though its composition is attributed to Friedemann Stickle.{{sfnp|Shuldham-Shaw|1962|p=141}} This apparent contradiction is resolved in the case of "Da Trow's Reel", which was allegedly a tune that another man reputedly obtained from a trow, and he had whistled the tune over to Stickle on a different boat for him to set down the score.{{sfnp|Shuldham-Shaw|1962|p=143}} "Da Peerie Hoose in under da Hill" ('The Little House under the Hill') is yet another trowie tune as well.<ref name="larrington"/>

Another trowie tune "Winyadepla", performed by [[Tom Anderson (fiddler)|Tom Anderson]] on his album with [[Aly Bain]], ''The Silver Bow''.{{efn|"... a troop of [[wikt:peerie|peerie]] folk came in. A woman took off the nappie from her baby and hung it on Gibbie's leg, near the fire, to dry. Then one of the trows said, "What'll we do ta da sleeper?" "Lat him aleen," replied the woman, "he's no a ill body. Tell Shanko ti gie him a ton." Said Shanko, "A ton he sall hae, an we'll drink his [[blaand]]." After drinking, they trooped out of the mill, and danced on the green nearby ...".}}<ref name="fiddlers-companion"/>